Topic: Medical Codes

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Dr. Teresa Long describes her findings in the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), claiming deaths reported in a few months exceeded the previous ten years of all vaccines combined. She alleges that Army Public Health Command failed to monitor adverse events and instead acted as a marketing arm for pharmaceutical companies. These actions are characterized as violations of the Nuremberg Code and Department of Defense instructions.

A new medical billing code, ICD-10 Z28.20, has been introduced to track patients who decide not to be immunized for unspecified reasons. This code allows insurance companies and healthcare providers to flag individuals in their permanent records. The hosts express concern that this data will be used to marginalize or penalize those who refuse the COVID-19 vaccine.

Listener "Shifty of the Quay" from North Carolina donates $333 while undergoing chemotherapy for testicular cancer. The segment includes several birthday shoutouts and a discussion about a dog named Rozzy interrupting the studio recording.

Fact-checkers have dismissed claims that the COVID-19 vaccine rollout violates the Nuremberg Code, arguing the code only applies to research trials and not general public health policy. Critics contend that because the vaccines are under Emergency Use Authorization, they remain technically experimental, making the code's protections against coerced medical participation relevant.

The hosts evaluate current vaccination policies against the ten points of the Nuremberg Code, which was established following Nazi medical experiments. They discuss potential violations regarding voluntary consent, animal trials, and the right of subjects to terminate their participation in a medical experiment.

New ICD-10 medical codes have been established by the WHO to track COVID-19 related data, including specific codes for "vaccination declined" and "vaccination contraindicated." These international standards are used for billing and permanent patient records, raising concerns about the long-term tracking of individuals who refuse the vaccine.

The healthcare crisis is attributed to the "banking" nature of insurance companies and the administrative burden of Electronic Medical Records (EMR). Doctors are currently reimbursed as little as $7 for a Medicare office visit and often face a 180-day expiration on collections. Large hospital corporations are responding by buying up private practices at 1.5 times valuation to control the entire medical pipeline.

Security researcher Chris Roberts was detained by the FBI after tweeting about his ability to hack a plane's flight controls via the onboard entertainment system. The discussion transitions into the absurdity of the new ICD-10 medical coding system, which includes specific codes for activities like chronic nose picking.

USA Today has undergone a significant redesign under the leadership of Larry Kramer. The hosts discuss the new layout and a specific article regarding a new CDC medical diagnostic code for "wandering" as a condition of autism. They mock the medicalization of normal childhood behavior, suggesting it is a tactic to increase prescriptions for drugs like Ritalin and Adderall.

The launch of Google Health and the digitization of medical records are examined through the lens of insurance billing. Patient advocate Dave deBronckart discovered that his medical history was populated by insurance codes rather than clinical notes, leading to dangerous inaccuracies such as being mislabeled as schizophrenic due to chemotherapy side effects.